Rerun: The Chip Dimension

Hello!  I made three postcards this weekend, and filled out a purchased card.  Despite this productivity, I do not have a post ready.  I try not to post cards before I am confident they have been delivered to their intended recipient.  I also do not have any process pictures for these cards; the three I made were all collage and came together pretty quickly.

I am sending someone this Wisconsin card though.

Here is an oldie but a goodie so you are not left with nothing.

Postcards. Rusty Sink Orange.

I never know where inspiration will come from.  It is part of being easily distracted.  I was talking with Maggie about weird colors named to avoid the wrath of Pantone.

And boom!  There it was.  Challenge accepted.  Why can't we have rusty sink orange?

It took a while of talking with friends, listening to various rust gathering schemes, before I started.  Once I had my preferred scheme, I got to work.  I taped down one of the blank cards.

I used a light wash of ink mixed with vinegar and salt to get the surface damp.  I then dipped pennies, nickels, and a steel gear into the vinegar, and then hydrogen peroxide.

Once the peroxide got things going, I placed the metal bits on the card.

As they stained the paper, I moved the items about to get color everywhere.

A quick use of my signature stamps, and boom!  One of my most satisfying cards.

What do you think?  

Postcards. Not every design can be a winner.

Often, bordering on always, I don't end up where I was aiming.  I tried drawing something over and over and over one evening.  No success.  I was determined to get a postcard done that night, so I went in a new direction.

It looks cooler in person.

I was busy.

Hey.  There's a whole of editing to do.  Be back when I can.

Words Can Cut

Goulet Pens Monday Matchup

I am at home sick, so I finally have a chance to spend a moment on Goulet Pens' Monday Matchup!

As many a lefty know, fountain pens can be unkind.  The first time a friend of mine let me write with his TWSBI Eco stub nib, I fell in love with it.

You can definitely credit that experience with me getting into postcards.

Heh.  I forgot the postcard was drying with a paper towel when I turned the scanner on.  It looked cool, so I scanned it that way.

Boom!  The Twsbi Eco with J Herbin Emerald of Chivor.  The background is a watered down Rohrer & Kilnger Scabiosa.

Taking Care Of Business

Postcards: Maren's Last Supper

Before she left us for Texas... an idea I still have some feels about... Maren asked me to draw a Barista Powers Last Supper for her.  

It was in my Field Notes; it must worked on.  I began with researching the Last Supper and doing some sketches.

And from there onto the actual postcard:

After getting this far, I started scanning my progress, convinced I would ruin the card at some stage.

From left to right: Benish, Maureen, Sarah, Melanie, Pam, Maren, Rob, Burbol, Geoff, Ben, Doug.

And there you have it.

Postcards: Megan's awesome painting!

This is awesome.  I am so lucky to have artists willing to send me their work.

I am also lucky that I got away this approach.  I pretty much gave Megan a blank postcard addressed to me and said "paint me something!"  And while her response may not have been entirely enthusiastic, it resulted in me receiving an excellent painting.  

I still have not crafted my reply.

Barista Powers 2017: A Respone

Bridget had some feels about our return to the airwaves.